Windows 8 Constantly Crashing recently

And when I load Google Chrome (for some reason it always seems to be the desktop Chrome browser that causes this) my computer gets kinda slow for two seconds and then the blue screen of death comes up with the sad face.

It's happened many times, even without opening Chrome as well (I was woken up with the sound of my computer turning on twice throughout the night).

Computer Type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung/NP780 OS Win8.1Pro - Finally!!! CPU Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort) Motherboard Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case! Memory upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB Graphics Card has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon! Sound Card I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often Monitor(s) Displays Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!) Screen Resolution 800x600

Keyboard Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995 Mouse no Mouse - Trackball!!!! PSU Why do we ask this for laptops? Case Silver with a neat Samsung logo Cooling sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :( Hard Drives One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
- Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!! Internet Speed too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish Browser Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most) Antivirus Windows Defender and Windows Firewall Other Info I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)

Yep, it's just that I have a family and a job - so I can't be here all the time.
Please be patient, there's just not that many of us who do BSOD analysis.

What were the results of the bootable hardware diagnostics that I suggested earlier?

Your BIOS dates from 2010. Please check at the manufacturer's website to see if there are any BIOS updates available for your system. Also check the readme file to see if they apply to the problems that you are having. Please be advised that flashing the BIOS is a very unforgiving process - and one mistake can physically damage your motherboard.

Keep an eye on the free space on your hard drive. Windows likes 15% free space in order to perform stuff in the background. With larger drives you can get down around 10% before you start noticing performance issues.

These devices aren't working properly:

Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine Bus Provider ROOT\VMBUS\0000 This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Infrastructure Driver ROOT\VID\0000 This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Disk Server ROOT\STORVSP\0000 This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.

I'm not all that familiar w/Hyper-V, but would suggest uninstalling/removing it and then reinstalling the latest version.

If this doesn't fix it, please look into issues with Comodo or Razer Game Booster
Comodo has a past history of causing some issues if it's internal components become corrupted (which it did often enough for us to notice it previously). Uninstalling it and rebooting will tell you if it's to blame.

Recently I've seen a problem or two with Razer Game Booster. To see if it's the issue, please uninstall it and reboot to see if that stops the problems.

If you do determine that it's either of these, please post back to verify it - as it will help others who come looking for help with the same/similar problems.

Good luck!

Please update these older drivers. Links are included to assist in looking up the source of the drivers. If unable to find an update, please remove (un-install) the program responsible for that driver. DO NOT manually delete/rename the driver as it may make the system unbootable! :

Computer Type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung/NP780 OS Win8.1Pro - Finally!!! CPU Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort) Motherboard Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case! Memory upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB Graphics Card has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon! Sound Card I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often Monitor(s) Displays Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!) Screen Resolution 800x600

Keyboard Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995 Mouse no Mouse - Trackball!!!! PSU Why do we ask this for laptops? Case Silver with a neat Samsung logo Cooling sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :( Hard Drives One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
- Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!! Internet Speed too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish Browser Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most) Antivirus Windows Defender and Windows Firewall Other Info I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)

It's possible I obtained Hyper-V when I installed the Windows Phone 8 SDK and/or Windows 8 SDK. Should I uninstall both of those as well?

I uninstalled all of my nVidia drivers, Razer Game Booster and Comodo.

As far as the drivers you suggested I update, which Rt630x64.sys driver should I get? 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100M Fast Ethernet, or 10M Ethernet? Beyond that, I don't know if it's PCI or PCI Express, nor what model it is. How would I Find that out? Realtek

When I loaded my computer, all of the Library files didn't work except for "David" (my User Library).

The blue screen issue continues to occur, namely when I open a program, load too many things at once, or load the Metro start screen. But it doesn't always happen, only sometimes, often after 5 minutes or so.

I cannot connect to the internet. The limited internet at my college is flawed and actually overloaded right now, so it's down on a lot of computers even on Ethernet. So not only is it nearly impossible to try and do the diagnostics, but I also cannot access the drivers required.

I am currently on my MacBook pro and have been using a USB flash drive to transfer data from my Windows desktop to my Mac laptop. It's the only way I'm connecting on this forum.

Here is something I'm considering...

I have all of my files backed up on an external hard drive (The entire C drive is backed up).

Should I perform a system reset/refresh? I'm not really in a position to reinstall all of my programs (in a college dorm room with terrible internet speeds and all of the software packages are at home), but do you think it might fix the issues? I've done a system refresh already, nearly a month ago. I tried a system restore, but it has no record of one even though I remember making one just after I reinstalled my programs following my refresh a little less than a month ago.

I also have a RESTORE drive plugged in and is bootable, which can assist me in refreshing/resetting or trying other things.

I suppose I could try to download the diagnostics and drivers to my USB stick via my Mac laptop, transfer them to my Windows computer, try to run them before the blue screen occurs, and see what I can do from there.

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